The economy has diversified from sugar production into tourism and financial services. The government has become more business-friendly and lately has been economically sound. Barbados offers a wide range of offshore formats, and benefits from profitable trade partnerships with the US and Canada. The offshore insurance sector is booming, and…

What are the key advantages of your jurisdiction in terms of privacy & asset protection for a Chinese HNWI or Family (etc.) looking to succeed their assets to the next generation? In an increasingly transparent world Barbados offers a range of mechanisms that enable Chinese HNWI & families to operate…

By Iain Manley. Offshore financial centers may have taken their cue from Switzerland's legal system, but it is the islands of Britain's former empire that have come to define them. Islands were a first foothold in foreign places for not just the British but all of Europe's empire builders. They…

The recent China visit by Mr. Freundel J. Stuart, Prime Minister of Barbados is bound to foster a closer economic partnership between the two nations. China Offshore is honoured to have interviewed His Excellency The Honourable Mr. Freundel Jerome Stuart, the Prime Minister of Barbados. Below is a vivid manifest…

By James Zhang. Since the offshore finance sector had become a backbone industry for Barbados' economy in the late 1990s, the magnitude and spectra of Barbadian banking and related services have been expanding immensely. The overwhelming majority of the clientele of Barbados' 47 offshore banks plus hundreds of trust, insurance…